Title
Action Plan Briefing
Recommended Action
None; receive briefing on the Action Plan.
Report
Issue:
Staff will provide the Planning Commission with a briefing on the Action Plan.
Staff Contact:
Stacey Ray, Senior Planner, Community Planning and Development, 360.753.8046
Presenter(s):
Stacey Ray, Senior Planner
Background and Analysis:
In 2014, Olympia adopted a new Comprehensive Plan (Plan) with updated goals and policies that reflect our community's vision. Early in the Imagine Olympia process, the City Council identified a vital next step: ensure the goals and policies become reality and have real "on the ground" impact by creating an Implementation Strategy or Action Plan with performance measures.
In November 2013, the Council Land Use and Environment Committee (LUEC) provided staff with direction to begin work on an Action Plan. An interdepartmental staff team was formed to take what was learned during the Comprehensive Plan update process, Imagine Olympia, and develop a draft Action Plan.
The initial Draft Action Plan was released in April 2015. Throughout the summer, staff sought comments on the draft using a variety of tools and events. A broad range of community members and representatives from diverse interest groups participated, including City Advisory Committees and Commissions, neighborhood representatives, and potential partners for implementation.
Feedback received during the public involvement process provided insights into community interests and priorities; how community members and potential partners viewed the Plan's purpose; and how the Plan was structures and communicated. Specifically, focus group members stressed the need to have clear connections between the major parts of the Plan, which were the desired outcomes (or goals from the Comprehensive Plan), actions, and performance measures.
After having reviewed the outcomes from the public involvement process, the interdepartmental staff team made significant...
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